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Tatung Einstein TC-01 TMS9929 adapter

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September 6, 2026

Einstein TC-01 TMS9929 adapter

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Adapter board to allow the use of a TMS9929 chip on the Tatung Einstein TC-01. The TMS9929 is easier to find than the original VDP, but requires a different type of RAM which needs fitting to the adapter.

Intended to work with 5V 1x16K DRAM chips, e.g. MB8118 or compatible, but can accept 4164 and 41256 RAM, which although is a waste as the majority of the RAM isn't used are more easily and cheaply obtained. This will not work with 4116 RAM as the board doesn't provide the correct voltages.

You do not need to fit the video RAM chips on the main board at I40 and I41 with this installed.

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Einstein-TC-01/Expansions/TMSAdapterTC01 at main · Board-Folk/Einstein-TC-01

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Created by Ian Cudlip @grandoldian

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Its now time to start building as the Gerber file can now be downloaded from this page

Adam Groome

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